The oldest resident of Edenderry?

William
Chandlee came to Ireland with Oliver Cromwell in 1649, supervised the English
army's stores in Trim, County Meath, was "convinced of ye blessed
truth" preached by William Edmundson, the first Irish Friend and lived the
remainder of his 103 years near Edenderry town, in King's County.

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